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![[Picture: Medieval Decorative Initial Capital “D”]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Tymms-Illuminating/pages/067-Fourteenth-Century-detail-letter-d-red-blue/067-Fourteenth-Century-detail-letter-d-red-blue-q85-747x750.jpg "[Picture: Medieval Decorative Initial Capital “D”]")
This mediaeval calligraphic initial “D” was originally decorated with filligree and gold and had a saint in the middle; the simplified version here is extracted to be more useful.
